A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health from implementing steep cuts to how medical research grants are funded, after 22 states sued to stop the change. The ruling by District Judge Angel Kelley, who was nominated by President Biden in 2021, halts the policy pending further court arguments from states
The move comes as part of the Trump administration’s whole-of-government approach to curbing illegal immigration. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is turning to an unconventional source for assistance with immigration enforcement: the IRS. In a Feb. 7 memo obtained by The Epoch Times, Noem called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to allow
‘I think I saw Glen Powell punch a dragon’ (Getty Images) Donald Trump made history on Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl. The NFL celebrated Trump’s appearance by removing the phrase “End Racism” from the end zones for the first time since 2021, an acknowledgment of the president’s successful efforts
‘We don’t need woke at the Kennedy Center,’ president said Sunday Donald Trump (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) President Donald Trump removed more than a dozen Joe Biden-appointed board members at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The ousted members include chairman David Rubenstein and close
House Freedom Caucus members released their own plan for the budget reconciliation process on Monday amid an impasse between Senate and House leaders.
The cuts were ordered late last week by the federal health agency. Democratic attorneys general of 22 states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block billions of dollars in cuts to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) ordered last week by the Trump administration. Filed in federal court in Boston, their lawsuit is
U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued a new motion ordering the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds, after already doing so in January.